Posts Tagged ‘phonics’

Had a session today on phonics as part of our English module. I have had little experience in phonics, perhaps witnessing as little as an hour in total within the schools I have visited. It was such a relief to be able to put a meaning and understanding to the terms phonemes and graphemes, di-graphs and trigraphs! It was a busy session with the opportunity to try out a few classroom games using phonics and also come up with lists for confusing words found in the english language that do not work with phonics. What a surprise!Continue reading →

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PGCE Training 2009-10

I am 29 years old and beginning my PGCE training to become a Primary School teacher in the UK. My course is with Somerset SCITT (associated with Worcester University) and begins September 1st 2009 until July 2010. I will use this blog to post my journal entries about the course and also regular links, Twitter feed and encourage discussion about teacher training in the UK today.